Do you remember being little and playing too long in the bathtub to the point where your skin would start to wrinkle? My mama would always remind me that once the skin got ‘pruney’ it was time to get outta …
Are You Caring for Yourself?
When I hear someone talk about self-care I think, You mean like, did I take a shower this morning? As a mom, I feel like a shower is a luxury sometimes! If you’re like me and a shower is the …
A Balanced, Ordinary Life
In building my mom community over recent years, I have learned this is one thing we all strive for in our lives: balance. It constantly becomes the topic of conversation. Where do family, friends, love, work, hobbies, self-care all fall …
Give Yourself Permission
For six warp-speed hours every week, my youngest son is in preschool. He’s been my constant companion for the last four years, so I’m protective of this time alone. I typically start adding to my “Next Preschool Day” agenda before …
Momma Needs Running Shoes Too
I stood in the soccer cleats section of the big box athletic store, a retailer for any sport and any size person. The sale rack was lined with Nike, Adidas and a Diadora or two. I had no idea what …
Learning to Love My Actual Body
My skin, my waistline, my grey wiry hairs poking out of my dark locks remind me that I am getting older every time I look in the mirror. This shouldn’t surprise me – the whole changing body thing – but …
The Rhythm of Rest
When my twins were first born and they would miraculously nap simultaneously, I would lie down on the couch with a spoonful of peanut butter in one hand and the remote in the other and watch reruns of Dawson’s Creek. …
Play Brings Rest to the Soul
My husband gave me two coloring books for Christmas – as a child, I didn’t even like coloring, I preferred puzzles and storybooks – but I have already broken into them. I’m not alone, coloring books for adults were a …
Three Steps to Gracefully Say No
I am a recovering people-pleaser. There. I admit it. Growing up as the oldest child in my family instilled a desire to please those around me, and I understand this to be a common attribute of first-born children. Even as …
Addiction Is the Opposite of Rest
Are your particular restful endeavors truly restorative or possibly life-draining? When we repeat the same behaviors over and over, our brains strengthen the neural pathways associated with those activities. In time they become the easiest go-to, slickest routes of least-resistance …